Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated in the annexed Polish land during World War II. Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners who first arrived in May 1940. Plans for the total eradication of the Jewish population of Europe, eleven…

We celebrate the Gluck, a rebellious painter who rejected commercialisation and gender norms, as London welcomes a major retrospective of her work

Over a century ago people never thought the Irish would make upstanding Americans citizens.

If you have never encountered Art Young‘s cartoons from the early 1900s, you are missing one of America’s most strident and witty political and social cartoonists. Just look below: Aside from two very entertaining autobiographies, On My Way (1928) and Art Young: His Life and Times (1939), his Art Young’s Inferno was a 600-year romp through hell with all the bankers, politicians, prelates and monarchs whose greed made life hellish for others. He also worked for The Masses, whe

Over the centuries, artists from Artemisia Gentileschi to Pipilotti Rist have given form to powerful expressions of women’s anger.

❥ ＩＮＴＲＯＤＵＣＴＩＯＮＳ　ＴＯ　ＭＡＲＸ： ☠ Introducing Marxism: A Graphic Guide: http://bit.ly/2o9iuRW ☠ The Marx-Engels Reader: http://bit.ly/2o4BkYY ☠ Capital: A Critique of Political Economy:...

(Spoiler Alert)

A collection of political cartoons from the month of July from the USA TODAY network.

The Washington, D.C.-area Biblical Archaeology Society of Northern Virginia and Biblical Archaeology Forum will host the lectures “Egypt and Canaan—A Political and Cultural Encounter” by

One of my absolute favorite things to do in the classroom is to teach with political cartoons. I integrate them into every topic possible. I love that they give kids a real “in the moment…

racist? power hungry?controlling? never!! not us

Napoleon once said that the English caricaturist James Gillray "did more than all the armies in Europe to bring me down." Here's an example: "Manic ravings, or Little Boney in a Strong Fit" (1803).

Libertarianism is a political philosophy that believes that liberty and individual freedom are the most important characteristics of a free and prosperous society. Although there are many kinds of libertarianism, the one that I will be discussing in...

This week the RA welcomes the works of German artist Anselm Kiefer: from intimate watercolours and artist’s books, to vast paintings, complex sculpture, and installations on a monumental scale.

just because thanks to michelgaubert About last night

A rare look Geisel’s wartime propaganda illustrations, encouraging Americans to invest in war bonds and help defeat the Axis of Evil.

"I think too many people have been posting pictures of Lady Liberty getting dragged through the mud, and I thought somebody should stand up for her."

I love Mort Drucker's drawing of General Patton: Drucker clearly owes a debt to Arthur Szyk's famous portrayals of Nazi generals from the 1940s: Yet, as much as I love Szyk's paintings, for me Drucker's is the stronger work. Compare these two details to understand how differently the two artists make decisions: Szyk makes thousands of tiny choices, shading with color and small feathering brush strokes. None of these lines is particularly insightful or descriptive by itself, although the cumulative effect is splendid. By contrast, Drucker's bold line is an act of supreme confidence. Every time Drucker's brush touches the paper, he is making a thoughtful observation about an object in the world. The great illustrator Austin Briggs offered the following wisdom about the benefits of working with the restrictions imposed by line: Line ... is the most limited medium.... [I]t's necessary to know the limitation one is dealing with in order to use its positive qualities to the fullest advantage....[O]nce we know what drawing cannot do, we are on the way toward expressing [a subject] in the marvelously simple way a line can function....[I]ts real shape reveals itself because we must speak with such limited means.

A rare look Geisel’s wartime propaganda illustrations, encouraging Americans to invest in war bonds and help defeat the Axis of Evil.

Lost Dr. Seuss Cartoons Show Another Side Of The Author

"When you hear Katie Hopkins has tweeted about Scotland."

A rare look Geisel’s wartime propaganda illustrations, encouraging Americans to invest in war bonds and help defeat the Axis of Evil.

The medieval jester grew out of ancient traditions of the comic actor. Many diverse cultures around the world have had some form of the jester, but the medieval court jester is the most iconic.

★★★★★ “Front door, not the back path,” says Paul Sheringham to his lover, Jane, at the start of this exquisite drama, based on the novel by Graham Swift. Paul (Josh O’Connor) is the son of a landed family in 1920s Berkshire; Jane (Odessa Young) is a maid who works at the nearby house of the Nivens (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman). His instruction acknowledges that the rest of his family are away, so she may enter by a forbidden route. They normally need to be more careful, because Paul is engaged

The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, online daily edition, and email newsletters.

Georg Tauber's sketches and paintings are now the subject of an exhibition at the very site where he was imprisoned between 1940 and 1945.

Lesson idea from Art. Paper. Scissors. Glue! 3rd graders started a conversation about what textile arts are by reading the book "Tar Beach" by author and artist Faith Ringgold. We talked about how the book and its illustrations were actually inspired by a story quilt that Ringgold created (the original work is pictured in the back of the book I had). The story in the book brought up the themes of both inequality (which works well since February is Black History Month) and imagination. The book's main character 3rd grader Cassie Louise Lightfoot discovers she has the ability to fly and in doing so, finds a sense of power and ownership over whatever she flies. She flies over the George Washington Bridge (a structure her father helped to build), an ice cream factory, and the Union Building (a building which housed an organization her father was not allowed to join because of his skin color). After reading and discussing the themes in the book, I asked my 3rd graders "Where would you go if you could fly (real or imaginary) and why?" This question was the inspiration for our very own patches on our 3rd grade story quilt. Students created their own "story patches" by creating a border using squares of 1.5"x1.5" decorative paper along the edge of a 12" x 12" piece of white drawing paper. Students then attached a strip of grey paper to the bottom of their picture squares and wrote about where they would go and why. Then in the remaining space, they used colored pencils to illustrate their ideas. I got a huge range of responses from Candyland (naturally to eat a ton of candy), to Columbia (to visit friends and family), to the Twin Towers in New York City (which prompted an entirely difference conversation). Students really enjoyed working on this project (which took between 4-5 class periods -- including one day for sketching ideas). I really love the finished product - and even more so when they are all hung together to make a giant story quilt! :)

A collection of political cartoons from the Obama-era by the nation's top cartoonists.

Print by Carolee Schneemann

The common citizen was used in many WW I and II war posters to sell war bonds to keep our country strong. Just like artifacts, these vintage war posters from World War I and II, depict the hard-working man and woman, the average American citizen,...

It's pervasive in pop cultural depictions of the country – like in this panel from the autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.